Bitter Sweet (1940)
Comedy, musical film, romance film
Set in late 19th century Vienna, the story focuses on the romance between music teacher Carl Linden (Nelson Eddy) and his prize pupil Sarah Milick (Jeanette MacDonald).
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Comedy, musical film, romance film
Set in late 19th century Vienna, the story focuses on the romance between music teacher Carl Linden (Nelson Eddy) and his prize pupil Sarah Milick (Jeanette MacDonald).
romantic comedy
When a visiting American senator decides to make Paris off-limits to enlisted military personnel, the daughter of the United States Ambassador to France decides to show him that American servicemen can be gentlemen by dating one of them without revealing her lofty social status. Staff Sergeant Sullivan takes Joan to colorful nightclub cabarets, and on a comical trip up the Eiffel Tower, all the time believing her to be a Dior fashion model. Thinking she has an emergency back in America, Sullivan offers to buy her an airline ticket, for which she is grateful, until she hears that counterfeit plane tickets are a common scam used by American…
romantic comedy
Pui Wai is a 15-year-old girl living with her grandmother in Hong Kong who spends much of her time thinking about her family and her future, namely what country she'll be living in, or to whom she'll be married. One day, while walking through the city, she spots a twenty-something Japanese man fishing off the side of a bridge. She tells him that the bridge is not a good spot for fishing, claiming that the fish there are not only small, but taste awful.
Drama, romance film
Against a backdrop of clashing cultures, John Myron and Angela Wilson find each other and over the years form a powerful bond. One tragic night, John rescues Angela from a wicked act of betrayal. Faced with its aftermath, Angela flees town, unaware that she has put into motion a dramatic and intense string of events that will forever change the course of their lives.
romantic comedy
In Mexico City, Alejandro Fernandez is a struggling Mariachi singer whose wife died two years prior. His daughter, Maria, is struggling in school and hardly sees her father because of his job. To make things better, he is planning to get a visa so Maria would stay with her grandparents in Arizona.
Comedy
Aldo Bondi is a professional pallbearer and mourner in Rome who lives well off the extravagant gifts given to him by the rich widows he comforts. When he falls for the supposedly penniless Baroness Sandra – who is actually a rich "black widow" whose husbands all die – he concocts a Ponzi scheme to cheat three widows by taking money from them, telling them that he will invest it during the "five golden hours" between the closing of the stock exchange in Rome, and the opening of the New York Stock Exchange. However, the Baroness absconds with the cash, leaving Bondi in hock to the widows.
Drama
Submarine officer Jerry Harrington (John Payne) goes to Pensacola to train as a flying cadet, just like his legendary father and illustrious brother, longtime airman Cass Harrington (George Brent). Jerry ends up falling for his brother's girlfriend, Irene Dale (Olivia de Havilland), which only increases the competition between the two brothers. After Cass is seriously injured in a crash, he is forced to leave the Navy.
Drama
In a small town of rolling fields and endless skies, isolated 16-year-old Mason Mullich lives in a world where families exist in fragmented silence and love seems to have gone missing. Mason lives with his mother, father and mentally ill uncle. Mason's father is a local politician running for office and is stern, and somewhat abusive towards his family, while his mother is submissive and dutiful, albeit unstable.
Drama, Marital Tragedy, romance film
thumb|James Rennie and Natalie Moorhead in a scene from the film. Anne Vincent is a woman who has modern ideas about love. She believes that marriage kills love and leads to unhappiness and, inevitably, divorce.
Drama, romance film
Lyman is a highway worker who spends most of his days barely speaking due to his shyness and a past trauma. This changes when he meets Fiona, a peppy librarian that takes an immediate interest in him, and a parrot enters his trailer. They embark on a journey to find the parrot's original owner based on the words the parrot speaks.
Drama
Gabriel (Timothy Hutton) is a man who, on the surface, has a perfect life: successful career as an architect, a beautiful wife, and a devoted young daughter. However, he realizes that he is not really happy. He decides to write a play about the sorry state of his life.
romantic comedy
Advertising man Vincent Doane is assigned to land Margot Fraser's perfume account. Anxious that his wife Paula might become jealous, he tells her that the account is with a Mr. Fraser.
Comedy, Comedy drama, Drama, LGBTQ-related film
The movie is set around a small group of characters experiencing relationships which build and crumble before the viewers' eyes. The title of the film refers to the belief, expressed by several of characters, that the goldfish retains a memory of something for only three seconds. Tom, one of the principal characters in the film, draws comparisons between this and the human tendency to jump from one relationship to the next, "forgetting" the pain that any previous one might have caused.
Drama, fantasy film, romance film
A circus girl, Lola, raises a bear from cubhood. When she discovers that the bear, named Misha, can transform into a young man, a secret romance between the two ensues. Bodrov's son, Sergei Bodrov Jr., played Misha.
Drama, romance film
Socialite Valentine "Val" Winters is a child of divorced parents and has not seen her sophisticate mother, Diane, in years. Indeed, Diane had all but forgotten about Val, as the courts awarded sole custody of Val to her father, who had recently died. Val travels to Paris for a reunion where her mother is living as the mistress of André de Graignon.
romantic comedy
In a diner Jack Radner, who is about to fly to London for writing inspiration after getting laid off, randomly asks to sit near Maria Monis when he sees his ex-wife Meghan. When Maria when sees it is not just a line, she plays along with Jack to help him make Meghan jealous. Once they are alone, Jack thanks Maria by buying her a pie, as they begin to get to know each other.
Comedy, romantic comedy
Nina is being interviewed by a San Francisco Chronicle journalist doing a piece on marriage and infidelity. In flashbacks, she provides detailed accounts of an affair she had with a British photographer. Nina, who is starved for romance in her marriage, meets the photographer at a park when she sits next to him on a bench one day.
romantic comedy
A pair of talk show hosts, Sara (Paula Jai Parker) and Troy aka T-Roy (Terrence Howard), team with a relationship-guide author Monifa Burley (Robin Givens) to help listeners improve their relationships. Eventually, the trio unwittingly expose their own love-related baggage. Love Chronicles screened at the American Black Film Festival in June 2003 & was released theatrically on December 31, 2003.
romance film
thumb|thumbtime=10|Eternal Love (1929) In 1806 in the village of Pontresina, Switzerland, a mountain man named Marcus (John Barrymore) is in love with Ciglia (Camilla Horn), a young village woman who has been rejecting the advances of Lorenz (Victor Varconi). The mischievous Pia (Mona Rico) throws herself at Marcus, but she is also rejected. Marcus and Ciglia profess their love, while the jealous and vindictive Pia looks on.
Drama, romance film
thumb|thumbtime=20|Son of the Gods (1930) Sam Lee is the only son of extremely wealthy Chinese merchant Lee Ying. Sam can pass as white. Lee Ying sends him to a prestigious university, where he studies hard.
Comedy, romantic comedy
Jake Sullivan (Dean Cain) is the almost-ex-husband of movie star Amanda Cox (Kimberly Quinn). He owns a little bed and breakfast in the wine county. Ana Vilanova (Juliana Paes) is a Brazilian woman in love with a beach playboy (Marcos Pasquim) and whose brother (Daniel Ávila) is in trouble with the mob.
Drama, romance film
Professor Aristide runs a school for pickpockets in Paris. He takes on pupils like Yves and young Arlette by testing their dishonesty. He takes Arlette even though she fails by only stealing an apple instead of money; she's a runaway from a reform school where she's supposed to stay until she turns 21.
romantic comedy
The concept of the film is that the protagonist is aware his life is a movie. He meets many people throughout his "storyline" including his audience, whom he talks to frequently, his sidekick, a woman he immediately calls his Love Interest, and a shady character known only as Suspicious Character whom he suspects to be villainous. The movie won Best Feature at the Tambay Video and Film Festival as well as numerous awards from festivals around the country.
Comedy drama, silent film
As described in a film magazine reviews, Maggie, a homely but lovable musical comedy star yearns for love, a home, and children. She marries Al Cassidy, a happy-go-lucky fellow. Her happiness is complete at the birth of a baby.